Signs bearing the phrase "Re-elect Mayor Perk" are stacked in Ralph J. Perk's election headquarters. "Mayor Perk's headquarters after his defeat" -- photo verso. In 1977, Perk ran for a fourth term as mayor, but finished third in the nonpartisan...

Mayor Ralph Locher, center, poses with Danny O'Laughlin (left), assistant city law director, and Bronis "Bruno" Klementowicz, utilities director and manager of his campaign to be elected mayor. Locher, formerly the law director of the city of...

"Ready to go in the campaign for mayor are Mayor [Ralph] Locher and his top campaign aides. Bronis J. Klementowicz (right) will be manager of the Locher drive and Dan J. O'Laughlin will be treasurer." --photo caption as published in the Cleveland...

"Wichita, Kansas: Cleveland mayor Carl Stokes seems very pleased with his 'marksmanship' victory over Wichita's mayor A. Price Woodard in an old western-type shootout today in Wichita's 'cowtown' park. The two mayors started back to back, then...